Duncan Cooper (cricketer)
Duncan Elphinstone Cooper (c. 1813 – 22 November 1904) was an Indian-born Australian cricketer who played for Victoria. He was born in Bengal, India and died in Paddington.
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Full name | Duncan Elphinstone Cooper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | c. 1813 India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 22 November 1904 Paddington, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1850/51 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only First-class | 11 February 1851 Victoria v Tasmania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 November 2011 |
He was the son of Major General George Cooper (1777–1847) and his first wife Jane née Munn (1778–1823).[1]:3
In 1841 he travelled from London to Australia with George and Harry Thompson, brothers who were to become his partners as squatters and sheep farmers near Fiery Creek, Raglan.[1]:4 In his spare time Duncan painted landscapes of the surrounding area which were later gathered together and published as "The Challicium Sketch Book".[1]
Cooper made a single first-class appearance for the Australian cricket team, during the 1850–51 season, against Tasmania. This match was the first ever first-class cricket match in Australia. From the opening order, Cooper scored four runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second.
In 1854 Cooper left Australia and returned to London where he lived, a confirmed bachelor, until his death at the age of ninety.[1]:21
References
- Brown, Philip L (1987). The Challicium Sketch Book 1842-53 (PDF). Canberra, Australia: National Library of Australia. ISBN 978-0-642-10410-6.
External links
- "Cooper, Duncan (1813-1904)". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- Duncan Cooper at Cricket Archive